Triplasis purpurea

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Species Distribution Map
Family:POACEAE
Species:Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapm.
Common Name:Purple Sandgrass
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:TRPU4
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Status:Native
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyPOACEAE - Grass family
Genus Triplasis
Species Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapm. - Purple Sandgrass

Citation

Citation Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapman, Fl. South. U.S. 560. 1860.
Basionym: Aira purpurea Walter 1788.
Type: USA: SOUTH CAROLINA: Georgetown Co.: South Island, 1 Aug 1939, Godfrey & Tryon 1570 (neotype: GH; isoneotypes: BH, CA, CAS, DUKE, F, MO, PH, US). Neotypified by D.B. Ward, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 1093. 2007.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Aira purpurea Aira purpurea Walter, Fl. Carol. 78. 1788. SOUTH CAROLINA: Georgetown Co.: South Island, 1 Aug 1939, Godfrey & Tryon 1570 (neotype: GH; isoneotypes: BH, CA, CAS, DUKE, F, MO, PH, US). Neotypified by D. B. Ward, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 1093. 2007.
Diplocea barbata Diplocea barbata Rafinesque, Amer. J. Sci. Arts 1: 253. 1818, nom. illegit.Aira purpurea Walter 1788. 
Festuca brevifolia Festuca brevifolia Muhlenberg, Descr. Gram. 167. 1817.  
Festuca purpurea Festuca purpurea (Walter) F. Mueller, Select Pl., ed. 2. 88. 1876.Aira purpurea Walter 1788. 
Glyceria brevifolia Glyceria brevifolia (Muhlenberg) Schultes, Mant. 2: 387. 1824.Festuca brevifolia Muhlenberg 1817.  
Merisachne drummondii Merisachne drummondii Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 117. 1854. TEXAS
Panicularia brevifolia Panicularia brevifolia (Muhlenberg) Porter, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 20: 205. 1893. Festuca brevifolia Muhlenberg 1817.  
Sieglingia purpurea Sieglingia purpurea (Walter) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 789. 1891.Aira purpurea Walter 1788. 
Tricuspis purpurea Tricuspis purpurea (Walter) A. Gray, Manual 589. 1848.Aira purpurea Walter 1788. 
Triodia purpurea Triodia purpurea (Walter) Smyth, Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 25: 95. 1913.Aira purpurea Walter 1788. 
Triplasis floridana Triplasis floridana Gandoger, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 303. 1920. FLORIDA/MISSISSIPPI:
Triplasis glabra Triplasis glabra Gandoger, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 303. 1920. FLORIDA/RHODE ISLAND:
Triplasis sparsiflora Triplasis sparsiflora Chapman, Bot. Gaz. 3: 19. 1878. FLORIDA: Lee Co.: Punta Rassa, s.d., Chapman s.n. (holotype: ?; isotype: US).
Triplasis intermedia Triplasis intermedia Nash, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 564. 1898. FLORIDA: Hillsborough Co.: Tampa, 20 Aug 1895, Nash 2426 (holotype: NY; isotypes: NY, US).
Uralepis aristulata Uralepis aristulata Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 63. 1818. DELAWARE
Uralepis purpurea Uralepis purpurea (Walter) Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 62. 1818.Aira purpurea Walter 1788. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Bullock, Geneva, Houston, Mobile, Montgomery

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1949 - 1965

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UNA00056245 Geneva 20 Sep 1998 MacDonald, John R.
12078		 UNA
Triplasis purpurea (Walt.) Chapman
TROY000029674 Bullock 11 Oct 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
21044		 TROY
Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapman
ALNHS00004243 Mobile 25 Aug 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2557		 ALNHS
Triplasis purpurea (Walt.) Chapman
UWAL0043829 Baldwin 03 Oct 2007 Larsen, Harry S.
1646		 UWAL
Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapm.
TROY000037086 Bullock 24 May 2012 Dykes, Bailee
782		 TROY
Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapman
UWAL0014838 Bullock 24 May 2012 Dykes, Bailee
782		 UWAL
Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapman
USAM000012794 Baldwin 11 Sep 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
3747		 USAM
Triplasis americana Beauvois
UNA00006155 Mobile 26 Aug 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D737		 UNA
Triplasis purpurea (Walt.) Chapman
UWAL0002311 Baldwin 29 Oct 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13106		 UWAL
Triplasis purpurea (Walt.) Chapman
USAM000012796 Baldwin 27 Sep 1975 LeLong, Michel G.
8749		 USAM
Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapman
UWAL0017620 Montgomery 12 Oct 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25613		 UWAL
Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapman
USAM000012795 Baldwin 09 Sep 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
3726		 USAM
Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapman
TROY000012855 Houston 04 Oct 1999 MacDonald, John R.
13601		 TROY
Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapman
TROY000042374 Montgomery 12 Oct 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25613		 TROY
Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapman
UNA00006175 Baldwin 10 Aug 1949 Harper, Roland M.
4124		 UNA
Triplasis purpurea (Walt.) Chapman
UWAL0011598 Mobile 27 Aug 2012 Horne, Howard E.
1871		 UWAL
Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapman
TROY000034010 Baldwin 29 Oct 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13106		 TROY
Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapman
UNA00006160 Baldwin _ Jun _ Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Triplasis purpurea (Walt.) Chapman
UWAL0038457 Mobile 08 Sep 1973 LeLong, Michel G.
7289		 UWAL
Triplasis purpurea (Walt.) Chapman
UNA00006165 Mobile 10 Sep 1964 Deramus, Rebecca
D250		 UNA
Triplasis purpurea (Walt.) Chapman
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